Chapter 54: The Fool

The next day, Tuesday morning, Xia Yu woke up from his sleep. He first opened the Xia Panel to take a look.

He now had 2,300 game points, of which 1,440 were rewards he received yesterday from Xu Youxiang.

These game points were already enough to exchange for four double experience cards. He could go to An Siyao’s place to study later tonight.

“Ode to the Sun” had already been learned. The next song was “A Cold Yet Warm Painting World.”

After finalizing today’s plan, Xia Yu stood up and left to wash up.

He had woken up a bit late today, but it wasn’t a big deal.

Because today, he didn’t have school.

Today was the day for the study trip in Zilang City. The first-year students were going on a trip, and the schools also gave students from the second and third grades a holiday for three days.

After Friday, which was the first school day following the break, Saturday and Sunday would continue as holidays. Unlike in certain other worlds, where holidays were nominally granted but actually deducted from Saturday and Sunday breaks—sometimes even more taken away than given.

Xue You, who also attended Zilang Public School, was enjoying this holiday as well.

The girl had also enjoyed a rare morning of sleeping in, and only walked into the bathroom with half-closed, dazed eyes as Xia Yu started washing his face.

Grabbing a towel, soaking it with water, Xia Yu wiped it across her face.

“Ugh!” Xue You immediately woke up.

“Good morning,” the girl said energetically.

Xia Yu ruffled her messy hair as a reply.

“Move a bit to the side, brother,” Xue You squeezed next to Xia Yu and started brushing her teeth.

After a while, once Xia Yu had finished washing his face, she asked, “Do you have anything to do at noon?”

“Except for work at three, nothing else. Why?” Xia Yu asked.

Xue You’s face lit up. She calculated the time and said to Xia Yu, “Then, let’s go out at ten!”

“Where to?” Xia Yu didn’t mind spending some time with his sister.

“First, meet at the square, and Yan Li will be there too.” Xue You laid the groundwork.

“Yan Li? Your classmate with glasses?” Xia Yu asked.

“No, not her. Another one.”

“Okay.” Xia Yu agreed.

“Then it’s settled! I’ll go tell Yan Li first.”

After brushing her teeth and washing her face in a hurry, Xue You ran back to her room.

Xia Yu could only open the refrigerator himself and make a cup of instant noodles for breakfast.

Two hours passed quickly. At ten o’clock, Xue You dragged Xia Yu out and arrived at the square in front of her school.

The square was wide and open, with a beautiful fountain in the center, making it very noticeable. Therefore, many people chose this spot as a meeting place.

Among them, couples were the most common. After all, friends usually just met directly at each other’s homes and rarely met outside.

Pulling Xia Yu to the fountain, Xue You asked him to wait here for a moment while she left to find Yan Li.

Three minutes later, Xia Yu received a message.

『I found Yan Li! But there’s an event going on here, and we’re planning to participate. We won’t be coming over for now.』

『Yan Li’s older sister is here too. Brother, why don’t you spend some time with her older sister? She’s wearing…』

After reading the two messages carefully for a while, Xia Yu analyzed the situation thoroughly and sensed the presence of a trap.

Let’s test this.

He flicked his finger and replied:

『I’ll bring Yan Li’s older sister over and join you at the event.』

Xue You quickly replied:

『The event has already started!』

『It’s okay, we’ll just stand on the side and watch.』

『No good, it’s our turn to perform now. Let’s talk later.』

After that, Xue You stopped responding.

At this point, Xia Yu was already certain that this outing was a scheme orchestrated entirely by Xue You.

And the purpose of this scheme was to create a private moment for him and Yan Li’s older sister?

Puzzled, Xia Yu followed Xue You’s description and searched around. He quickly locked onto his target.

It was a girl who dressed in a somewhat outdated style but unexpectedly had a bit of allure.

When Xia Yu got a clear look at the girl, he was surprised.

The girl was holding a mobile phone and looking around, soon noticing Xia Yu too.

Her face also showed surprise.

The two stared at each other for five seconds before Xia Yu approached the girl: “Are you Li Li’s older sister?”

“I am.” The girl responded nervously, with a hint of embarrassment.

Anyone who had recently confessed to someone and been rejected would feel a bit awkward meeting again.

Indeed, the girl was the student who had confessed to Xia Yu after the cultural festival.

Her name was Yan Wei.

“If my guess is correct, I think we’ve both been tricked by our younger sisters. What did your sister tell you?” Xia Yu asked.

“She said she wanted to go out to play in the afternoon and asked me to accompany her. Then she dragged me here and disappeared.”

Moments ago, Yan Wei had been a bit angry about her sister’s behavior, but upon seeing Xia Yu, that anger quickly vanished.

“My younger sister said the same to me,” Xia Yu replied.

Yan Wei immediately understood her sister’s intentions, and her face turned red.

At the same time, a sense of anticipation rose in her heart.

Although her first confession had failed, there was still a chance, right?

She decided to give her sister extra credit later.

“They don’t know where they’ve gone off to. Let’s just find a place to sit and relax.”

Under Xia Yu’s lead, the two arrived at a milk tea shop and sat down to drink some milk tea.

The atmosphere was somewhat stiff. Yan Wei tried several times to start a conversation but ultimately lacked the courage to speak.

Xia Yu observed her.

Yan Wei’s style was outdated, her clothes were loose and conservative, so her appearance was only somewhat cute. Of course, her figure was quite good.

Xia Yu had never really looked at her closely before. Only now did he realize that Yan Wei was actually a rare beauty.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t his type.

He casually brought up a topic: “Back in middle school, a classmate from the neighboring class looked a lot like you. Do you have any relatives who look similar?”

“That was me.” Yan Wei’s expression was melancholy.

“… Haha, so we were middle school classmates? I never noticed,” Xia Yu picked up his milk tea for a sip, easing the awkwardness.

“I was never particularly noticeable; it’s normal to be overlooked.”

Xia Yu glanced at her, doubting the word “unnoticeable,” but he didn’t voice his thoughts. He comforted Yan Wei by saying, “Back in middle school, I didn’t pay much attention to things outside my class.”

“I know. You always seemed very busy.”

“By the way, since you were my classmate, you must know about A Mao, right?”

A Mao was the code name Xia Yu’s middle school classmates had given to one of their teachers.

“The math teacher?” Yan Wei picked up the topic.

The awkwardness and silence were thus broken, and the two began chatting happily.

However, this conversation couldn’t last long.

A boy entered the milk tea shop and suddenly grabbed Yan Wei.

“Vivi, stop pretending to be a student to fool young people. The baby is crying from hunger because there’s no milk!” the boy said.

“???”

“I didn’t!” Yan Wei frantically waved her hands.